Monday 9 July 2012

Samsung Galaxy S Blaze Q for T-Mobile is coming next month Posted: 7/9/12, by Nick T.

Samsung Galaxy S Blaze Q for T-Mobile is coming next month
Remember that Samsung SGH-T699 Android smartphone, a photo of which surfaced on the web a few weeks ago? Evidence suggests that the handset will be known as the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze Q and that it is scheduled to launch next month. August 15 is when we can expect seeing the smartphone land on T-Mobile shelves, as revealed by this image obtained by TmoNews.

Currently, we don't know a whole lot about the Galaxy S Blaze Q, yet it is most likely powered by a dual-core Snapdragon processor. The dimensions of its screen are unknown, but we seem to be looking at an AMOLED panel with a resolution of 720 by 1280 pixels. For those of you who are into video chats, the smartphone offers a front-facing camera, and the main shooter on its back is rumored to be of 5 megapixels. Not to be forgotten is the handset's full QWERTY hardware keyboard – a feature that we don't get to see that often anymore.

And that pretty much sums it up for now. We might get more details as the smartphone's alleged date nears, so stay tuned if you are interested. Pricing is expected to be known once the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze Q is made official by T-Mobile.

source: TmoNews

Tuesday 3 July 2012

Leaked confidential RIM roadmap shows launch of BlackBerry 10 handsets posted:02/06/12 by Alan F

 


Leaked confidential RIM roadmap shows launch of BlackBerry 10 handsetsA "strictly confidential" road map for BlackBerry was leaked and obtained by BBOS. The roadmap includes the expected launch of the new BlackBerry 10 OS. As we recently told you, RIM pushed back the launch of its first BlackBerry 10 flavored handset to next year and according to the roadmap, the first two devices to be powered by the new OS, the BlackBerry London/Nevada, will first hit the European market during the first week of January next year. A month later, the devices will make their Stateside launch.

The alleged BlackBerry L series (L) and N series
The alleged BlackBerry L series (L) and N series
Just a thought. Suppose the L in the name BlackBerry London indicates that it is an "L" series phone which is the model without a physical QWERTY. Now, imagine that N in the name BlackBerry Nevada means that it is an "N" series phone that includes the physical Bold-esquey QWERTY. If you look at the roadmap, that is exactly what the diagram shows. Continuing that way of thinking, the BlackBerry London should have been launched this September and the Nevada in October, if not for the recent decision to push back the launch.

We need to back track a second, as according to the roadmap, the 4G version of the BlackBerry PlayBook will be released before the end of this year, some time in Q4 of 2012. Then, after the first BB 10 handset is launched in Europe and the U.S., a BlackBerry 10 version of the BlackBerry PlayBook will hit the market in the first or second quarter of 2013. That will be followed by an unknown BlackBerry device called Nashville, expected to hit the market in the second or third quarter of next year.

The new leaked roadmap for BlackBerry includes the new BB 10 handsets
The new leaked roadmap for BlackBerry includes the new BB 10 handsets
In Q3 of 2013, RIM's 10 inch tablet, code named 'Blackforest' is expected. Besides possessing a 10 inch screen, the once-rumored to be canceled tablet is supposedly going to have a model with 128GB of native storage. Finally, the roadmap takes us to the BlackBerry Naples, another unknown device with a launch due in the third or fourth quarter of next year. Following our earlier line of thinking, the BlackBerry Nashville and BlackBerry Naples could be QWERTY enabled BlackBerry 10 smartphones.

This is just a leaked roadmap, obviously, but the best news for BlackBerry fans waiting to see if the new OS can save BlackBerry from oblivion is that the first phones are expected in Europe and in the States during Q1 of 2013. Unless RIM drops the other shoe, which includes another setback for the launch of the OS, we won't have to wait through the entire year of 2013 to see if what RIM has will enable them to survive.

source: BlackBerryOS